"Troy A. Griffitts" wrote:
> ...
> Maybe a bulletin board type of website for
> volunteers to go, where they might see who's doing what and who needs
> help... What do you think?
Haven't we already got that on SourceForge?
<http://sourceforge.net/pm/?group_id=9516>
> ...
> What do you and everyone think about using our news server for this
> list? We had thought about moving the mailing list over to a news
> server sometime back, and had mixed sentiments. It would give us a
> great test to see how people like the news server paradigm. Thoughts?
Most people these days use a news-capable email client, so it shouldn't
be a problem. I would suggest adding a crosswire.www or something like
that for the requested forum for working on the web page, and also a
crosswire.software.reference (moderated), for filing reference material
like pseudo-FAQs. We do seem to get the same questions repeated fairly
frequently.
Maybe a news/email cross-posting gateway would be a good idea. Then
people who like news can read it there, and people who like email can
get it that way.
Paul
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"He must become greater; i must become less." - John 3:30
http://www.bigfoot.com/~paulgear
P.S. I use a news proxy on my Linux box called leafnode
<http://www.leafnode.org>, and it is pretty cool. It is as easy to
configure as a news client, and gives me LAN-speed access to my
newsgroups.